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Student desks sit in the shade next to the parking lot of the closed Francisco Beckman high school, where a professor who died of the coronavirus worked, on the outskirts of Panama City, Thursday, March 12, 2020, on the first day that schools closed nation-wide. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Student desks sit in the shade next to the parking lot of the closed Francisco Beckman high school, where a professor who died of the coronavirus worked, on the outskirts of Panama City, Thursday, March 12, 2020, on the first day that schools closed nation-wide. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

March 20, 2020

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Africa, Latin America fragile targets for coronavirus spread
March 20, 2020 1:13 p.m.

Africa, Latin America fragile targets for coronavirus spread

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The West African nation of Mali has roughly one ventilator per 1 million people — 20 in all to help the critically ill with respiratory failure. In Peru, with more than 32 million people, about 350 beds in intensive care units exist.